Lacing hook



B. P. SUTHERLAND. LACING HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED APR .'25. 1921.

1,413,629. tented Apr- '25, 1922 "rfrss 'BAINBRIDGE r. SUTI-IERLAND, or DEL NOR'IE, COLORADO.

LACING noon.

'appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in lacing devices, and particularly to lacing devices for shoes, and the like.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved device which permits the use of hooks on womens'as well as mens shoes, without the objectionable feature of the clothing catching therein, asis expert enced with the ordinary hooks. 7

Another object is to provide a lacing device of this character which is set into the edge of the shoe closure, and which lies in the plane of the leather, rather than to project beyond the plane.

Another object is to provide a lacing hook which is strong and durable, and which can be easily secured in the leather of the closure of a shoe, and which will stand great strain without danger of pulling out.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of portions of the closure of a shoe equipped with= the improved lacing devices.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical transverse sectional view through the closure and one of the lacing hooks.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the outer part ofone ofthe hooks. V v

Figure 4C is a perspective view of the inner part of one of the hooks.

Figure 5 is an inverted of the member A..

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the closure of a shoe having the recesses or notches 11 cut in the edge portion thereof, and in which the improved lacing hook is fastened.

The lacing hook comprises an outer part A and an inner part B, the former being disposed on the outside of the closure while perspective view Application filed April 25, 1921. Serial No. 464,145."

, projecting specificationcf Letters Patent. Patented fkpl'. 25, 1922- the part B-is-dispos'edon the inner face of the closure, directly inward of the part A.

Thepa-rt A, when-viewed in plan, is in the form of a spiral, including the curved body portion '12 and the bill or hook portion 13.

On the inner edge of the body of the part A are formed the tangs or prongs 14 which extend inwardly of the closure and against the wall of the recess 11. The outer end of the spiral, and the outer curve of the bill of the hook, are formed with tabs 15, the purpose of which will presently appear.

The part B is identical in outline to that of the part A, and on the outer edge of the curved body 16, thereof, are formed the tangs or prongs 17, passed through the leather of the closure and beyond the face thereof, where they are clinched on the face of the leather. The inner ends of the prongs 14 are bent around the body of the part B, the body of the part A covering the clinched prongs of the part B, while the bill 13 lies in registration with the bill 18 of the part B. The tabs 15, of the part B are bent around the edges of the body of the part A and thebill 13 thereof.

It will be noted. that the outer curved edges of the bills of the hooks of both of the parts A. and B, of the device, lie in the line of the edge of the closure, thereby obviating any projecting portions at these points along the closure. It will also be noted that the bills of the hooks lie wholly within the notches or recesses 11,thereby obviating any the wearer.

The prongs 17 serve to hold the lacing device firmly in position on the closure, while the prongs 14L serve to present a smootlr surface for the lacing cord 19 to engage against, when properly laced in the hooks.

lVhat is claimed is:

l. A lacing hook comprising a pair of 1nner and outer faces of a shoe closure, each of the plates having closure penetrating prongs, one of the plates having'prongs for embracing engagement with the other plate, exteriorly of the inner surface of the closure, the prongs of the other plate lying beneath the first plate, and tabs on the inner end of the spiral of the first plate for embracing engagement with corresponding edge portions of the first plate.

2. The combination with a closure having these prongs being spiral plates 7 for disposition against the 90 hooks to catch in the clothing of a recess in its edge portion, of a lacing device comprising a pair of spiral plates disposed respectively against the inner and outer "faces of the closure and around the Wall of the recess, the inner plate having projecting prongs on one edge penetrating the closure and clinched on the opposite face thereof, the outer plate overlying the clinched prongs and having prongs disposed through the closure and having the ends clinched around the body of the inner plate, each of said plates having a hook disposed in the plane of the body of the plateand lying in registry With hook oi the other plate, one of the hooks having tabs embracing the corresponding portions of the other hook.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BAINBRIDGE P. SUTHERLAND.

Vitnesses WV. A. FANAU, H. L. Morrison. 

